Godly Endurance
To endure means to stand, to tolerate and to continue. Over the course of our adult lives we have many opportunities to endure. We can endure hardships, we can endure through relationships if they our not healthy. We can endure pain and suffering. It is sad but true that if we have had to endure something in life it has probably not been a pleasant experience for us. This is not always the case but more often than not this would hold true. As Christians we should not only be equipped to endure but more importantly to turn a hard experience into something with which to glorify God. I have often found myself having to endure something. To endure my own shortcomings as it relates to decision making sometimes. To endure the disappointment I have felt when I have let others who are important to me down. Now most of us are uncomfortable being honest about it, but one of the common threads that runs through the fabric of all human beings in my opinion, is their ability to sometimes be the vic...